Sport – if you want to take each game, league, club, player and organization as a whole – loves technology. It goes hand in hand with broadcasting which has long integrated the best technology available to create engaging, visually-rich programming whether played out on a public broadcaster, regional channel or more recently online platforms. These […]
The sport of cricket is facing an outbreak in the number of injuries to its fast bowler positions. Much like tracking the pitch count of an MLB player to avoid injury, researchers at the Australian Catholic University’s School of Exercise have developed an algorithm linked to submarine and guided missile technology to reduce fast bowler […]
This past week the NFL officially tabled a proposal that would allow for video replay on Microsoft Surface tablets. Yes, this is the same Microsoft Surface tablets that announcers have called an iPad multiple times, despite the $400 million that Microsoft paid to become the official tablet of the NFL. The decision came after a […]
Just last season the NFL finally created their own YouTube channel, putting content like in-game highlights, game previews and analysis on the Google-owned, video-sharing site. Now, a year after making the initial partnership with the platform, the NFL is ramping up their relationship with YouTube. The NFL announced that they will be making available some […]
As everyone in the sports industry knows, data analysis has become one of the most important pursuits of which a team and league can devote resources. To quote Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, “Data is the new oil.” This new data worshipping in sports has meant major opportunities for anyone trained in data science and […]
